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National Science Foundation

FYI covers NSF’s major research and facilities programs, with a special focus on the Math and Physical Sciences Directorate. FYI also covers the foundation’s general policy, strategy, and administration, as well as activities of the National Science Board.

Chuck Schumer
June 11, 2021

Halftime for R&D Push as Senate Passes Endless Frontier Bill

The Senate passed a landmark competitiveness policy package this week containing the Endless Frontier Act proposal for a multi-billion-dollar technology R&D initiative. Key members of the House are now crafting a compromise proposal they regard as better-suited to existing agency strengths.

Rubin Observatory
June 3, 2021

FY22 Budget Request: National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 fleshes out the Biden administration’s vision for adding a technology directorate to the agency and provides details on how the pandemic has disrupted facility construction projects.

Capitol Dome
May 20, 2021

Senate Weighing New Controls on Foreign Involvement in US Research

The Senate is considering major expansions to research security policy as part of debate on the Endless Frontier Act, including a proposal to empower the government to block universities from accepting certain foreign gifts and contracts.

Sen. Todd Young
May 14, 2021

Senate Taking Endless Frontier Act Dispute Into Floor Debate

The Endless Frontier Act is headed to the Senate floor next week despite an unresolved feud over the roles the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy should play in the flagship R&D initiative the legislation proposes.

April 23, 2021

House Science Committee Takes Broad Look at Innovation Strategy

The House Science Committee held a hearing last week to solicit ideas for bolstering the U.S. research enterprise, seeking to inform bipartisan innovation bills that it plans to advance in the coming months.

April 20, 2021

Manchin Seeks to Include DOE in Endless Frontier Push

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Joe Manchin (D-WV) is pressing for the technology competitiveness legislation that Congress is currently developing to incorporate innovation capabilities offered by the Department of Energy and its national labs.

Sen. Todd Young
April 16, 2021

Senators Pump Brakes on Endless Frontier Act

Sponsors of the Endless Frontier Act have delayed reintroducing the bill amid pushback from some senators, including leaders of key committees, who held hearings this week to debate the legislation’s vision for transforming the U.S. research system.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
April 15, 2021

Panchanathan Makes Case for NSF Expansion to Appropriators

NSF Director Sethuraman Panchanathan discussed the Biden administration's vision for a new agency directorate with congressional appropriators, who expressed their own priorities on matters such as the geographic distribution of NSF grant funding.

April 7, 2021

US Expanding Disclosure Requirements for Scientists

Federal agencies are expanding disclosure requirements for the scientists they fund in response to a new research security policy from the White House, but are facing pushback from university groups concerned about the scope of information sought.

March 31, 2021

Biden Proposes Over $200 Billion for R&D in Infrastructure Plan

President Biden unveiled an infrastructure plan today that proposes spending more than $200 billion to boost the R&D capacity of the U.S., including by creating a technology-focused directorate within the National Science Foundation and a new national lab focused on climate.

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